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拍品專文
cf. G. Jalk, ed., Dansk Mobelkunst gennem 40 aar, 1947-1956, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 122-125;
N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 92-93;
A. Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century, Copenhagen, 2007, Vol 1. pp. 150-151, Vol 2. pp. 186-189 for discussions and illustrations of the Chieftain chair
First presented at Finn Juhl's stand at the 1949 Copenhagen Cabinetmaker's Guild Exhibition, the Chieftain chair represents an ongoing effort by Juhl to create less traditionally based contemporary forms in the same spirit as the period's art movements. To further illustrate his point, Juhl exhibited primitive tools and images of primitive objects in his stand, alongside his furniture executed by Niels Vodder, to highlight those models which were influential to his new work. This chair, which immediately became known as the Chieftain chair, was the highlight of the exhibition with one journalist writing, "[the chair]...is so full of life that it seems to be almost quivering with vitality. It is as expensive and as delicate as a thoroughbred must be...".
N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 92-93;
A. Karlsen, Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century, Copenhagen, 2007, Vol 1. pp. 150-151, Vol 2. pp. 186-189 for discussions and illustrations of the Chieftain chair
First presented at Finn Juhl's stand at the 1949 Copenhagen Cabinetmaker's Guild Exhibition, the Chieftain chair represents an ongoing effort by Juhl to create less traditionally based contemporary forms in the same spirit as the period's art movements. To further illustrate his point, Juhl exhibited primitive tools and images of primitive objects in his stand, alongside his furniture executed by Niels Vodder, to highlight those models which were influential to his new work. This chair, which immediately became known as the Chieftain chair, was the highlight of the exhibition with one journalist writing, "[the chair]...is so full of life that it seems to be almost quivering with vitality. It is as expensive and as delicate as a thoroughbred must be...".